nineteen and unravelling
Malik murmured, kissing my forehead before turning and disappearing into the crowded sea of guests.
The second his back was turned, I bolted toward the dim, shadowed corridor near the exit doors. My hands were shaking so violently I could barely function. I slipped his phone out of the inner pocket. My chest heaved as I typed in his passcode—a sequence I had memorized weeks ago.
I opened Snapchat, my thumb hovering over his chat list with a terrifying sense of dread.
There her name was. Talia.
Because it was Snapchat, the main conversation log was empty, cleared out by the app's default settings. But right there, completely unread because I had caught it before he could open it, was her